Trial by Twitter: No further action

A police force which named and shamed motorists charged with drink-driving on Twitter face no further action, a watchdog has said.

The Information Commissioner's Office said Staffordshire Police has given reassurances that it will hot be re-using the controversial hashtag #DrinkDriversNamedOnTwitter which it employed over Christmas and the New Year.

The office said it was concerned that the tweets named people who have only been charged alongside the tag "drink-driver", which strongly suggests an assumption of guilt.